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French Revolution quiz
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questions on background and people involved in the 1789 French Revolution
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Question 1
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The ruler of France in 1789 was:
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France (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
Louis XIV
Maximilian Robespierre
Question 2
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Before the revolution, France had run up a large debt because:
Answer
The price of wood had risen and they needed wood for guillotines
The French gave money to the British to fight back against the colonies in America
The French sent armies to support the colonies in the American War of Independence
They spent a lot of money on starting a diamond mine in South Africa to get diamonds for Marie Antoinette's tiaras
Question 3
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The First Estate = [blank_start]___________[blank_end]
Answer
Clergy
Nobles
Shopkeepers
Question 4
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The Second Estate = [blank_start]_________[blank_end]
Answer
nobles
media
colonists
Question 5
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The Third Estate = [blank_start]________[blank_end]
Answer
women
commoners
the army
Question 6
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The Bastille was the King's palace
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Palace 79213 34france0 (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
True
False
Question 7
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The storming of the Bastille happened on:
Answer
July 4th 1776
July 4th 1789
July 14th 1776
July 14th 1789
Question 8
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The following is a slogan of the French Revolution:
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France 63022 340 (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
Liberté, égalité, fraternité!
No taxation without representation!
Home Rule is Rome Rule!
Les Misérables a enriché Cameron Mackintosh!
Question 9
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Louis XVI died:
Answer
From a gunshot wound received in Battle with the British
By being executed by firing squad on the orders of Robespierre
By being beheaded with a guillotine after being found guilty of treason
When Marie Antoinette drove the Royal Carriage off the road
Question 10
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Robespierre was the President of:
Answer
The League of Pro-American Frenchmen
The Committee of Public Safety
The Guillotine and Stocks Makers and Manufacturers Union
The Society for the Abolition of Clerical Authority
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